BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Few studies discuss DWI findings in patients with NCC,
and their conclusions are variable and contradictory. The aim of our study was to describe …

Neurocysticercosis is an endemic disease in some developing countries. It has pleomorfic
clinical and imaging findings, which are variable from patient to patient. In this preliminary …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: There are few studies comparing the capacity of lesion
detection of conventional MR imaging in neurocysticercosis (NCC). This study was designed …

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) was performed on 25 patients with neurocysticercosis (NCC).
The aim of this study was to investigate the changes in DTI measures during the …

Accurate diagnosis of neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a challenge. A recent case report
published by Rizvi et al. reported that the diagnosis of NCC in their patient was based on a …

DISCUSSION The diagnostic considerations of a small, spherical, ring-enhancing lesion
with a regular margin located at the corticomedullary junction and displaying a substantial …

Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most frequent parasitic disease of the central nervous
system. Other Portuguese works showed it to be endemic in the north of our country. The …

We reviewed the MR findings in 56 patients with neurocysticercosis (NCC). MR findings
were correlated with other neuroradiologic findings in 40 cases, with histopathologic studies …

solium, the pork tapeworm, is a cestode that is endemic in much of the developing world. T
solium has a complex life cycle in which pigs are the primary intermediate host and humans …

We describe the evolution of parenchymal cerebral cysticerci on MRI, to assess signs of
early cyst degeneration. We studied 15 lesions in four treated and one untreated patient …